【正文】 author advised others to spend vacations with their families. author tried to enjoy the holidays with his family. author realized the value of family vacations and put it into practice.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者由小時(shí)候的一次和父母去農(nóng)村體驗(yàn)生活意識(shí)到度假的價(jià)值——認(rèn)識(shí)新事物，結(jié)識(shí)新朋友，與家人分享難忘的經(jīng)歷。 For my family, our vacation starts when we begin planning the trip. We talk about destinations and our budget (預(yù)算) ahead of time. Among the things we discuss: Can we save money by renting a house instead of spending six nights in a hotel? Would it be better to buy groceries and cook for ourselves rather than eat out every night? Involving (使參與) the kids in planning the vacation makes sure that they have a great vacation too. I prefer to visit historical sites and museums while they love to fish and swim. So I build in some relaxation time for us all so that the vacation can work for everyone. When I was a boy, my parents and I traveled from New York City to the Pennsylvania countryside for a weeklong taste of rural life. We stayed in a guesthouse on a farm, joining the daily routines and eating meals with the farmer and his family. We got up early to see the cows as they were milked. I even tried my hand at milking one, and then joined the farmer as he released the cows into the field afterward. 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn39。t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University.可知，作者和丈夫失業(yè)了，負(fù)擔(dān)不起讓女兒繼續(xù)讀書的費(fèi)用，所以決定讓她休學(xué)，故選A。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。help their kids have a better educationD.create a fort zone for their kidsB.It is a waste of timeD.s meaningless.B.s volunteering in South Africa for a year? A.as a result of cheatingsD.for lack of moneyB.They are very richD.They are well –knownB. While I did less for my child than these wealthy parents did in terms of means, in other ways I did more. I taught her that disappointment is a part of life and we should face it bravely rather than avoid it. My husband and I showed Casey that her strength is in her struggle. That39。 those valuable lessons e when we are forced to think in ways we otherwise wouldn39。 I wonder why the college cheating scandal happened and I think it boils down to this: Parents want to create a fort zone for their kids. Of course, we want the best for our kids but sometimes we forget that real growth doesn39。t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University. We decided the best choice for our family would be for Casey to sit out a year. We promised that we would get her back the following year. Casey decided to spend the year volunteering in South Africa On Sept 30, 2017, we put our oldest child on a plane halfway around the world. Casey worked as a tutor teaching kids math, English and music in Johannesburg. We did get Casey back in school in time. When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn39。s a question many parents are asking in the wake of the college cheating scandal(丑聞)involving 38 wealthy parents around the country, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman. Here39。4．閱讀理解 根據(jù)最后一段中的“It goes that, ‘Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.’ Living daily life down here on the planet is so much better with this attitude!”可知，它說，“不要為將來擔(dān)心，生活在這個(gè)星球上的日常生活是如此的好，這句話表明了作者對待生活的態(tài)度是不要擔(dān)心將來，活在當(dāng)下，故選B。根據(jù)第三段中的“The biggest change by far and the one for which I will always be most grateful is this bigpicture perspective.”可知，作者最重要的改變是他對世界有更廣闊的看法，故選A。t take more than a minute before I had to turn it off.”以及畫線詞后的“My worldview was changed forever in a profound (深刻的) way.”可知，我的世界觀以一種深刻的方式永遠(yuǎn)改變了，因此此處是說以我現(xiàn)在的視角，看這種新聞是我無法忍受的，所以不到一分鐘我就關(guān)掉了電視，由此可知畫線詞詞義為“接受、忍受”，故選C。 （1）考查詞義猜測。D.Live in the present moment.C.He can fly the most amazing machine by hands.（3）What attitude to life does the writer tend to have? A.t like watching TV any more.C.He has a broader view of the world.B.D.Accept.B.Access.m there in my mind and realize how many billions of these beautiful sunsets there have been and will be in the future, the cares of the world just don39。 Whenever I feel the pressure of modern life, the stress about work, or worry about the future, I remember my time in the space station. Back to seeing the sun set Or watching our galaxy rise on the horizon. Or seeing a sea of lightning flash a hundred times a second. Or simply back to floating weightlessly.t take more than a minute before I had to turn it off. It felt like my body was rejecting all this input, just as it would reject an organ donation that had the wrong blood type. All of this noise was just pletely foreign to who I was—or, more appropriately, who I had bee. A few hours before, I had been orbiting Earth, seeing our planet from space, flying the most amazing machine ever built by human hands, working with a team that was the absolute success of human. And now here in my room watching what was being sold as news, and with my newfound perspective, I just could not stomach it. My worldview was changed forever in a profound (深刻的) way. A few hours after my first mission, returning to Earth on the space shuttle Endeavour, I pleted all of my medical tests after flight, met with NASA officials, and reunited with my family. Finally, I was alone in my office room in astronaut crew quarters at the Kennedy Space Center, exhausted and ready for bed. And I did what anyone does when they return to their hotel room on a business trip: I turned on the TV. The television news started up: Such and such had happened, people were shocked, blah blah blah. Sports scores. Silly mercials. 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。即作者寫這篇文章的目的是說服別人。